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authorBoris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>2017-05-03 16:20:48 +0200
committerBoris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>2017-05-03 16:20:48 +0200
commit5e45628288c59312bf9d0bf164c5bd37cdeb5285 (patch)
treea021df024e4770d97d7c98023c3540bcd10415d9
parent03753982d183c98125c7d2213dc08e6cea7202ba (diff)
Update introduction
-rw-r--r--doc/intro.cli42
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/doc/intro.cli b/doc/intro.cli
index 30d8058..6d45bf8 100644
--- a/doc/intro.cli
+++ b/doc/intro.cli
@@ -46,18 +46,23 @@ $ bpkg build hello
build libhello/1.0.0 (required by hello)
build hello/1.0.0
continue? [Y/n] y
+
libhello-1.0.0.tar.gz 100% of 2428 B 983 kBps 00m01s
fetched libhello/1.0.0
unpacked libhello/1.0.0
+
hello-1.0.0.tar.gz 100% of 1057 B 6882 kBps 00m01s
fetched hello/1.0.0
unpacked hello/1.0.0
+
configured libhello/1.0.0
configured hello/1.0.0
+
c++ hello-1.0.0/cxx{hello}
c++ libhello-1.0.0/hello/cxx{hello}
ld libhello-1.0.0/hello/libs{hello}
ld hello-1.0.0/exe{hello}
+
updated hello/1.0.0
\
"
@@ -66,23 +71,20 @@ updated hello/1.0.0
\h#warning|Warning|
The \c{build2} toolchain \c{0.X.Y} series are alpha releases. Interfaces
-\i{will} change in backwards-incompatible ways, guaranteed. Currently, it is
-more of a technology preview rather than anything final. But if you want to
-start playing with it, welcome and join the \l{https://lists.build2.org
+\i{will} most likely change in backwards-incompatible ways. But if you want
+to start playing with it, welcome and join the \l{https://lists.build2.org
mailing list}!
Our approach to developing \c{build2} is to first get the hard parts right
-before focusing on completeness. So while we might still only be building
-serially, we do handle auto-generated source code (and, in particular,
-headers) properly. In other words, we go depth rather than breadth-first. As a
-result, there are plenty of limitations and missing pieces, especially in the
-build system. The most notable ones are:
+before focusing on completeness. So while we might still have no support for
+custom build rules, we do handle auto-generated source code (and, in
+particular, headers) properly. In other words, we go depth rather than
+breadth-first. As a result, there are some limitations and missing pieces,
+especially in the build system. The most notable ones are:
\ul|
-\li|Very limited documentation.|
-
-\li|No support for parallel builds.|
+\li|Limited documentation.|
\li|No support for custom build system rules/modules.|
@@ -683,7 +685,7 @@ $ tree -F /opt/hello/
├── bin/
│ └── hello*
├── include/
-│ └── hello/
+│ └── libhello/
│ ├── export
│ └── hello
├── lib/
@@ -790,7 +792,7 @@ $ cd hello2
$ cat >hello.cpp
-#include <hello/hello>
+#include <libhello/hello>
int main ()
{
@@ -847,10 +849,9 @@ Let's try to build it and see what happens \- maybe it will magically work
\
$ b config.cxx=g++-5
error: unable to import target libhello%lib{hello}
- info: consider explicitly specifying its project out_root via the config.import.libhello command line variable
-info: while applying rule cxx.compile to update obje{hello}
-info: while applying rule cxx.link to update exe{hello}
-info: while applying rule alias to update dir{./}
+ info: use config.import.libhello command line variable to specifying its project out_root
+ info: while applying rule cxx.link to update exe{hello}
+ info: while applying rule alias to update dir{./}
\
No magic, unfortunately (or fortunately). But we got a hint: looks like we
@@ -893,10 +894,9 @@ $ touch hello.cpp
$ b
error: unable to import target libhello%lib{hello}
- info: consider explicitly specifying its project out_root via the config.import.libhello command line variable
-info: while applying rule cxx.compile to update obje{hello}
-info: while applying rule cxx.link to update exe{hello}
-info: while applying rule alias to update dir{./}
+ info: use config.import.libhello command line variable to specifying its project out_root
+ info: while applying rule cxx.link to update exe{hello}
+ info: while applying rule alias to update dir{./}
\
Looks like we have to keep repeating those \c{config.*} values and who wants